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CVE-2013-1062

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2013-10-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. It affects Ubuntu.

CVE
CVE-2013-1062
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.36%
Ubuntu

Original NVD Description

ubuntu-system-service 0.2.4 before 0.2.4.1. 0.2.3 before 0.2.3.1, and 0.2.2 before 0.2.2.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, a related issue to CVE-2013-4288.